Head-rest



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HEAD REST.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. DILLON AND JAMES H. BEVINGTON,OF BELLEVUELOHIO.`

HEAD-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,252, dated March 27, 1888.

Application med october 22,1887. serial No. 253,115. (No model.)

Be it known that we, GEORGE M. DILLoN and JAMES H. BEvINGToN, citizens of the United' States, residing at Bellevue, in the county of Huron andv State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Co'mbined Head Rest and Book Supporter, of which thel following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an article which will support the head, and by the addition of a small piece of steel or other suitable material will also hold abookin a position so that it can be read while the traveler is using the head-rest. It is also made so that it can be taken apart and put up in a small space, and is especially constructed so as to be cheap and durable.

This invention consists of a piece of steel spring which is provided with adjustable ends which slide back and forth upon the middle piece as it is desirable to adj ust the lheight of the rest. The end pieces are provided with holders at their ends, which allow of theirk grasping and holding two extended arms or bars, over which is placed and sewed a piece of plush, leather, or any suitable or desirable material, which forms a convenient and easy resting-place for the head.- rlhe middle piece of steel is provided at or near its center with manner of securing the wooden strips in place.

a slit which is wide enough to permit of its being 'slipped over the seat back arm or striker-arm, so that it will be in a convenient position for the head to rest upon.

The book-holder consists of a clamp for holding the book and an adjustable arm pivoted to said clamp, and having a clamp for securing it to the edge of the head-rest, as hereinafter fully described. This` device mayalso be employed as a card-table or a lunch-table, and suitable bracers consisting of wooden strips may be arranged from side to side -of the device, and they may be so attached that when the spring-support is loosened and removed the said strips may be rolled up with the plush cover and packed away.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a general perspective view. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view with the book-rest removed. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the headrest with a portion broken away, showing the v In thesedrawings, A represents a seatback arm or striker-armato which is attached myv improved head-rest and book-holder.

C represents the plush, leather, or other suitable material, which extends across the bars or arms D lD and which serves as aheadrest.Y These bars D D are provided neartheir center with two projections, E,which prevent the ends of the steel-spring supports S S from slipping vfarther down and'tearing the plush, leather, or other covering which constitutes the head-rest. One end of each of the said steel springs S S is, as above stated, made so that it will slip down or up on the middle piece, T. The latter is provide withthesnt F, for allowing it to be attached to the seatbackl arm or striker-arm A to allow the height of the head-rest to be adjusted. The other ends are bent down andthen turned upward, so as to form hooks or pockets for the extending arms or bars D D, which fitin between'the projections E.

The clamp, before referred to, which holds the book is composed of two pieces, B B', of spring-steel or other suitable material, which have their lower ends bent approximately at right angles and riveted together at b in such a manner as to leave a slight space between their vertical ends for the insertion of a book. The lower end of the piece B', however, has an eX'- tension-arm, G, which is pivoted to a second arm, J, having one end bent up,so as to form a clamp, 1H, which engages the edge of the end of the arm J is pivoted, at j, a supporting-arm, K, which bears upon the under side of the cover c, and against which the latter and the bar D are pressed by the clamp H. One

end of the book may be placed between the Clamppieces B B', which will prevent the leaves from turning voluntarily, while the other end of the book may be heldin the hand of the reader and the apparatus adjusted to suit by virtue of the pivoted arms.

The sides of the slit F are provided withinsulators F, of any suitable material,to prevent itfrom scratching the seat-back arm or strikerarm A.

As before mentioned, when the device is to be employed as a table, the plush cover is provided with supporting strips L, which are placed under the cover and have their ends ICO secured in pockets formed in the edges of the former by turning a portion of the same under and stitching, as at o, between the slats or supports, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the cover and the bars secured at two sides thereof, of the steel springs S S', attached to said bars, and the spring T, provided with a slot and being adjustably secured to said springs S S', substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the headrest,substantially as described, of a book-rest consisting of a clamp for holding the book, having an adjustable arm, and a clamp securing said arm to the head-rest,substantially as described.

G. M. DILLON. JAMES H. BEVINGTON.

Vitnesses:

VILLIs VICKERY, WILLIAM EICHHORN. 

